<p>Upcoming audition - curious to know more about how it was from anyone who has recently auditioned.</p>
<p>One of my son’s favorites. He auditioned in NYC. First an info session for parents and auditionees. Then they post audition times…and if you need to leave early, they move you to earlier. My son was one of the last to audition and it gave us time to speak with other parents, students, faculty and alumni. He auditioned with Mark and truly loved the experience. Mark gave him some adjustments and then he spoke with son about many things. Son felt it was more like a conversation than an interview. Helped pave the way for the rest of our auditions. Good luck to your D.</p>
<p>Mine auditioned last year and felt the same way–one of his favorites. His auditor was Paolo, and the adjustments and conversation were so affirming and helpful. He knew a number of kids there, so we heard their reactions when they emerged from doing monologues, and everyone seemed to feel the same way afterward (i.e., “That was GREAT!”). Have fun!</p>
<p>I wrote about my D’s audition under the 2013-2014 audition review thread. </p>
<p>1ofakindsmom - will you be on campus Friday? D has her BU audition then. A huge winter storm is predicted in the mountains tonight (3 feet of snow!) so driving to the airport this afternoon and spending the night, to better the odds of catching the plane to Boston tomorrow! (the airport should be OK - it’s just the mountain communities where they’re predicting the huge snow!)</p>
<p>Yes, we live near by so travel easy for us. We went out to NYC for NYU and DePaul auditions - went the day before and arrived during the snow storm the night before auditions! I was curious to know what the format for the audition would be. Do the kids just come in and do their 2 monologues.</p>
<p>This is from an email - gives a bit more detail about the on-campus audition process:</p>
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<p>It was for sure one of my very favorite auditions. The auditors were very laid back and funny, and the info session was incredibly helpful. They were VERY willing to accommodate people who needed to go early due to other auditions. They seemed to spend a lot of time with each auditionee (in NYC you auditioned for one of three faculty members), and I thought the interview was short and sweet, but still personal.</p>
<p>Everyone seems to say this is a very fun and personable audition experience. I just want to make sure you go in knowing it’s not always that way. My S auditioned at the end of the summer there and was sure it was the worst audition ever because the auditor actually yawned and his eyes rolled back in his head! Then, since this was an audition through BUSTI, my S was able to call in October to find out if he could activate his audition or if they wanted him to audition again, and it turned out he got activated. He was very surprised, but we heard from a current BU student that some kids who are in the program had a very short audition with almost no feedback, and others had very long, personable experiences. So there you have it. I hope it’s a positive experience, but even if it’s not, it doesn’t mean a thing! </p>
<p>To “activate” the BUSTI audition just means the notes/recommendation that the auditor wrote up will be attached to your overall application. You typically do have to write to the theatre dept to activate the audition, since some kids would prefer to re-do their audition. But it doesn’t mean you are accepted or recommended by the auditors. Just wanted to clarify that!</p>
<p>Of course, your S very well could have been recommended, itsthejourney! When I re-read what I wrote it seemed to come off in a negative way, but I just wanted others to know the activation is just that - a way for the SOT to check off that you have auditioned.</p>
<p>I understand being activated doesn’t mean being admitted. And I’m not assuming my S will be admitted, though I’m hoping he will. According to my S, the kids were told they’d be asked to audition again if their audition wasn’t good enough, so it did feel like it was a bit of positive feedback or something like a recommendation. Of course, I’m getting all this information from my son, not directly from the school, so I could be mistaken. Marbleheader, where are you getting information about this? </p>
<p>My son also went to BUSTI and the kids were told that, at the end, they could do a mock addition (with feedback on how they did) which would NOT be considered an audition for their program, or a “real” audition. They then told the kids that they could decide whether to re-audition with all the other applicants, or - if they felt their audition went well - they could have the BUSTI audition activated (there-by considering that to be their actual audition for the School of Theatre). The auditors do talk to the kids, so if that is the info your soon has, fingers crossed for him! My son is a freshman this year and LOVES the program - hard work, crazy schedule, a true BFA program!</p>
<p>Wow Marbleheader, now you’ve made me nervous. My son could very well have misunderstood, though he was pretty sure about it when he explained it to me. But whatever, I guess what’s done is done! We will see what happens at the end of March. </p>
<p>Don’t worry - what I meant was that the auditors are really upfront with the kids, so if an auditor said those things to your son, it is probably true and it is a positive that they activated his audition. All you can do is wait it out now - don’t envy you! I will tell you that last year 130 kids did Early Decision for the BFA at BU and the three that they took were all from that summer’s BUSTI program. There is always lots of talk about how attending a summer program doesn’t impact your application, but that is just the way it worked out last year - so take it with a grain of salt. I hope your S has lots of great feedback from lots of great programs!</p>
<p>Marbleheader- did they take other BUSTI kids during Regular Decision? Any idea how many total from BUSTI were accepted into the freshman class?</p>
<p>They did take other BUSTI kids, actually a fair amount of them. I think about 8-12 from BUSTI last year got in although not all of them committed to BU. </p>
<p>Edit: That 8-12 is including the 3 who were admitted ED.</p>
<p>Thanks, josh703! I wouldn’t have known the number of kids. Glad you are in the know! (Can’t wait to see which great program you are going to choose for next year!!!).</p>
<p>Josh703, any idea how many BUSTI kids initially auditioned?</p>
<p>About 25-30 people from BUSTI auditioned last year, I believe going through the list of people in my Busti class.</p>